Marine mammal acoustic detections in the northeastern Chukchi Sea, September 2007-July 2011

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-146

  Hannay, David E ^a   Delarue, Julien ^b   Mouy, Xavier ^a   Martin, Bruce S ^b   Leary, Del ^b   Oswald, Julie N ^c   Vallarta, Jonathan ^b  

^a JASCO Applied Sciences   (Canada)

^b JASCO Applied Sciences   (Canada)

^c JASCO Applied Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic detection; Arctic; Marine mammal; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SEASON; CLASSIFICATION; MARINE MAMMAL; MIGRATION; SEA ICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VOCALIZATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; ERIGNATHUS; ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; HISTRIOPHOCA FASCIATA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCA FASCIATA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84885307576     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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